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The new "Peace, Love & Shad" souvenir T-shirts are available in
several different colors. The photo here is only one of the color
options. These special anniversary shirts are $20 plus shipping. Eat
Mo Shad shirts are $10. For more information about these
shirts contact Dan Hinds at 252-341-4634 |
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The Shad Festival Parade Saturday morning means excitement and
fun for all ages. Creative homemade floats are a tradition.
Shown here is a float by the First Christian Church of
Grifton that won the Mayor’s Award for best overall entry in
the 2010 parade. The 2010 theme was “Peace, Love & Shad”. |
Latin music and dance events Sunday afternoon include Salsa
dance music and free instruction. |
Shad souvenirs at 'Shad Shack' behind Town Common |
Fish Fry (Saturday only, 11 a.m.-2.p.m.), prepared by Grifton
Volunteer Fire Department. |
Visitors view the free Shad Festival Art Show at the Museum
lobby of the Civic Center Saturday and Sunday afternoons.
Nearly half of the 40 events at the Shad Festival are
arts-related |
Winners of 2010 “Fishy
Tales” Storytelling (or Lying) Contest. |
Contentnea Creek bisects Grifton and provides beautiful
scenery for canoeing and boating. This year the Neuse
Riverkeeper Foundation will have canoes and kayaks at the
boat landing Sunday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. for you to try
paddling around – it’s free.
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Saturday afternoon Magic Shows and Balloon Sculptures both
Saturday and Sunday afternoons are fun for kids of all ages. |
Art created by Grifton children in Town-sponsored art classes
is exhibited at the Shad Festival Children’s Art Show.
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Pony Rides and Petting Zoo are exciting for kids, in the
Children's Area on Pitt Street across from the "Shad Shack"
Souvenir/Information Building.
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Youngsters and teens rate the carnival rides the most exciting
event at Grifton’s annual Shad Festival. They open Wednesday
evening and run through Sunday, with two Wristband
Days/Nights offering unlimited rides. See schedule for
details.
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Clogging Saturday afternoon is fun to watch. Two shows are
scheduled, both by the Green Grass Cloggers of Greenville. See
them at the Queen Street Performance Area in front of CB’s
Service Station.
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Sarah Tyson is Miss Grifton for 2010 and will represent
Grifton as well as the Shad Festival at parades, pageants
and other public events for a year. |
Needlework projects made by Grifton Senior Citizens will be at
the Civic Center Craft Room Saturday and Sunday afternoons.
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The Shad Festival parade which begins at 10:30 Saturday
morning attracts the largest crowds of any Shad Festival
event. Bands, marching units, area queens, floats, Shrine
units, clowns, humorous entries of all sorts and much more
make the Shad parade exciting and fun for all ages.
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Colorful and humorous clowns add to Shad Festival parade fun.
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Free craft activities at the Children’s Craft Tent sponsored
by Home Depot of Greenville include planting flowers and
building several projects from wood like boats or bird
houses.
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Ayden-Grifton High School Junior ROTC won the parade trophy
for Best Marching Unit in the 2010 Shad Festival parade.
Click on the little fish labeled Parade for information on
how to apply for participation in the parade.
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Records set in
2007 for the Shad Toss still stand: William Morning (left)
183 ft. 8 inches for males age 15 and older and Kirsten Burt
(right) 162 ft. 1 inch for females ages 11-14. The
tournament is on Saturday afternoon near the boat landing at
the creek.
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See how far you can throw a real fish at the Shad Toss
Saturday afternoon. The tournament will be at Contentnea
Creek near the boat landing. Click on the little fish
labeled Map to see where the Shad Toss will be. |
Face painting is one of many arts
events at the Shad Festival.
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Kids of all ages love the balloon sculptures
Saturday and Sunday afternoons. See Schedule for details. |
Music, dance and other entertainment events are features at
the Shad Festival. See Schedule for details.
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A colorful Sunday afternoon feature is traditional dances of
Mexico, danced by Ballet Folklorico Espiritu Latino dancers
in colorful costumes of the Jalisco and Nuevo Leon sections
of Mexico. See them near the “Shad Shack” souvenir building
in the Town Common area. |
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The 2011 Pet Show will be the
Fourth Annual Pet Show. Shown here are the 2010 winners. |
The Grifton Museum of Area Culture includes interesting
exhibits on Tuscarora and prehistoric Indian artifacts,
Civil War items (including a cannonball found less than one
block from the Museum), household items and farm equipment
from the past, fossils and animals in the Natural History
Room, and much more. It is open on Saturday and Sunday
afternoons of Shad Festival weekend and from 2-4 p.m. on the
first Sunday of each month. Free. |
Barbecued pork and chicken by New
Covenant Holy Church are featured on the Town Common
Saturday after 2 p.m. and Sunday beginning at noon. They
will also serve fried fish on Sunday. An Interdenominational
Community Church Service will be nearby on Sunday.
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A mobile aquarium by the NC Wildlife Resources Commission
will be in the Town Common area with live fish swimming in
tanks for cold water fish and tanks for warm water fish.
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Youngsters have fun “fishing” in the Town Common area at a
pool provided by the East Carolina Subunit of the American
Fisheries Society. |
Craft Show at Shad Festival |
